MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again

Chapter 517: Chapter 5: Annihilation of a Nation

During the chaotic year in the Star Sea, Lu Hong journeyed with Ling Xuan through the mountains and rivers of the Gangzera plane.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to leave, but that there were no means to do so.

The control of spatial teleportation by star domain forces was very strict. The Eagle Alliance and the Sacred Empire only needed to pay enough Gold Coins to use it freely, but in the star domains, without official documents, it was absolutely impossible to use.

Moreover, the official documents had to be handwritten by the Emperor to be valid. According to Ling Xuan, Gangzera hadn’t actively opened its planar teleportation gates for more than ten years. Every thirteen years, the Maseli star domain’s Heavenly God—the All-Knowing God Marcus—would dispatch star domain battleships to collect taxes from all the subordinate planes, also using a special magic device to search for those who had newly advanced to Third Transition Power within the past thirteen years, and take them away.

“Is the tax just Gold Coins?”

“No.” Ling Xuan shook her head: “The taxes are mainly high-end ores, crystals used for cultivation, and food products. I heard from my father that each plane’s taxes are tailored according to the plane’s richness. On the one hand, it’s reasonable; on the other hand, it’s a way to control, to some extent, the emergence of strong individuals.”

Lu Hong nodded. The national policy implemented by the Maseli star domain was simple and brutal, but very effective. Each plane was under locked-down autonomy, and with the removal of top fighters, the planar domains naturally lost their ambition for conquest. Meanwhile, power centralized to the core, accepting central dispatch, ensuring central military force to the greatest extent. If the Sacred Empire had implemented the same policy as the Maseli star domain, how could it have been embarrassed by the rebellion of its subordinate planes and continuously pressured by the sea tribes?

The Maseli star domain could be said to have played centralization to the fullest.

“Do you want to be a queen?”

“What?” Ling Xuan was startled by Lu Hong’s sudden question, and then laughed: “Stop joking around.”

“I’m not joking with you.” Lu Hong embraced her slender waist and continued, “I will always leave the Maseli star domain, and it’s very likely that I will leave this star domain entirely. Your level is too low; bringing you with me, I can’t guarantee your safety. That’s why I want to clear the obstacles for you, to live happily.”

“You don’t want me anymore?” Ling Xuan’s face changed slightly, then she composed herself and said, “If you don’t want me, that’s fine. I have plenty of suitors, or I could even marry the eldest Prince if worst comes to worst.”